Respected Editor!

I am so frightened by the absurd and incredible loss of the most censurable manuscript that I am afraid even to mention your name.

I fear that my letter too has been copied. I asked there that, if it is inconvenient to take the usual pseudonym (V. Ilin), to take: N. Lenivtsyn. Now I must take another: V. I. Ivanovsky at least.

The title I advised there (if the word "imperialism" is "terrifying") to change at least to: "Peculiarities of the Newest Capitalism."

Now it must be changed differently: "The Newest Economic Data on Contemporary Capitalism" or something of that sort.

* Concerning whom the reference is made has not been established. Ed.

The title (chapter headings) should be removed (when sending to Russia). Perhaps even change the chapter headings? This is possible.

I very much ask you to uphold the given length (for I have been commissioned such a length). It is impossible to cut it without breaking it.

(Unless to throw out entire chapters at the end? so that I could place them elsewhere?

This is already the very worst of worst cases! I am with all my might for no abbreviation).

The notes I very much ask you to leave, for they are important (especially No. 101*), and indeed the literature must be cited, for in Russia both a student reads and suchlike public.

Your editorial changes and improvements I shall of course accept with pleasure.

Best regards

Lenin

1916
(Switzerland) to France

in the journal

Written between August 5 and 31

Sent from Flüms

First published in 1958

"Voprosy Istorii KPSS" No. 4

Printed from the manuscript